GLEN CAMPBELL

Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife Lyrics

(Chris Gantry)She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinklesThat weren't there yesterdayAnd thinks of the young man that she almost marriedWhat would he think if he saw her this way?She picks up her apron in little girl-fashionAs something comes into her mindSlowly starts dancing rememb'ring her girlhoodAnd all of the boys she had waiting in lineOh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewifeYou see ev'rywhere any time of the dayAn everyday housewife who gave up the good life for meThe photograph album she takes from the closetAnd slowly turns the pageAnd carefully picks up the crumbling flowerThe first one he gave her now withered todayShe closes her eyes andTouches the house dress that suddenly disappearsAnd just for the moment she's wearing the gownThat broke all their minds back so many yearsOh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewifeYou see ev'rywhere any time of the dayAn everyday housewife who gave up the good life for meOh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewifeYou see ev'rywhere any time of the dayAn everyday housewife who gave up the good life for meOh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewifeYou see ev'rywhere any time of the dayAn everyday housewifeWho gave up the good life for me...